Morrow, Lind lead Blue Jays past Rays
TORONTO (AP)—Brandon Morrow(notes) pitched seven strong innings, and the Toronto BlueJays threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth inning topreserve their 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
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Evan Longoria(notes) tripled off Kevin Gregg(notes) with one out in the ninth, but he wasthrown out trying to score on John Jaso’s(notes) grounder to shortstop for the secondout. Gabe Kapler(notes) ended it by grounding into a fielder’s choice, giving Gregg his14th save in 16 chances.
Adam Lind(notes) hit a two-run home run for Toronto.
Morrow (4-4) left to a standing ovation when he was replaced after Jaso’sleadoff single in the eighth. He gave up one run and three hits, walked two andstruck out one.
Left-hander Scott Downs(notes) came on and struck out pinch-hitter Kapler, thengave up an RBI triple to B.J. Upton(notes).
Righty Shawn Camp(notes) came on to face pinch-hitter Willy Aybar(notes), who scored Uptonwith an RBI grounder. Sean Rodriguez(notes) followed with a single but Camp got out ofit when Ben Zobrist(notes) grounded out.
Morrow didn’t allow a hit until Rodriguez beat out an infield grounder withtwo outs in the sixth, touching the base just before Lyle Overbay(notes) caught abouncing throw from shortstop Alex Gonzalez. Rodriguez was promptly picked offby catcher Jose Molina(notes).
Morrow issued leadoff walks to Upton in the third and Carlos Pena(notes) in thefifth, but got double plays both times, spearing a hard comebacker from Jaso tostart a 1-6-3 double play in the fifth.
Zobrist singled up the middle to begin the seventh but was erased on CarlCrawford’s(notes) fielder’s choice. After Longoria flied out, Pena launched a drive todeep center that Vernon Wells(notes) hauled in with a leaping catch up against thewall.
Lind hit a two-run homer to left off Matt Garza(notes) (5-4) in the first, hiseighth and first since May 21.
The Blue Jays, who lead the major leagues with 89 home runs, finished Maywith a club record 54 homers. That’s the most by any team in a single monthsince Atlanta hit 55 in May, 2003. The major league record for home runs in amonth is 58, set by Baltimore in May, 1987 and matched by Seattle in May, 1999.
Toronto made it 3-0 in the fifth when Fred Lewis(notes) doubled, took third on awild pitch and scored on Aaron Hill’s(notes) bloop single.
Garza came in 5-3 with a 2.19 ERA in 11 previous starts against Toronto buthas lost to the Blue Jays twice this season. The right-hander, now winless infive starts, allowed three runs and a season high 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings. Hewalked two and struck out three.
Garza gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings of a 6-5 home loss tothe Blue Jays on April 23.
NOTES: Rays C Kelly Shoppach(notes), out since April 11 following right kneesurgery, went 1 for 3 with a two-run single in the first game of his rehabassignment at Triple-A Durham. … Rays SS Jason Bartlett(notes) (right hamstring)missed his second straight game and will not start in this series, manager JoeMaddon said. If he improves, Bartlett could come off the bench. … Tampa Bay OFMatt Joyce(notes) (right elbow) has been returned from his rehab assignment andoptioned to Triple-A. … Toronto OF Travis Snider(notes), out since May 15 with a soreright wrist, has resumed swinging but has not begun hitting, manager Cito Gastonsaid. … Attendance was 11,335.
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